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by looping__lui 6y ago
I am a bit shocked that all those people downvoting me apparently do not understand a simple fact: democracies give the power to decide over the distribution of wealth and the justification for “taking a fair share” to the majority; that’s
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by looping__lui 6y ago
Like you can actually vote? Like there are more than two parties with the same take on social security? So you are telling me that the system in the US is like how the majority of people want it or that people have no say in the system?
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by looping__lui 6y ago
People get compensated for the degree of influence they exert over their employer / the potential value they bring to the table. That is the same for soccer player, only: they are more talented and sought after than you or me. “What wo
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by looping__lui 6y ago
Hey, I am German. Assembly line worker generally earn similar to university graduates. It does not matter whether you are employed or not: your kids will get the same quality of schooling (almost no private schools), you get the same health
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by looping__lui 6y ago
... force people whose job can be done from home to go to the office for the sake of “solidarity” !?
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by looping__lui 6y ago
Sorry to hear. Everybody probably goes through that and to be honest: the first 5+ or so years out of Uni may be really non-inspirational... 8 months at 25 GBP isn’t the world. The stress, anxiety and frustration searching for jobs (Brexit,
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by looping__lui 7y ago
The highest performing and most effective individuals on my teams (5x-10x) are constantly hiding and downplaying their achievements. A sign for a 5x-10xEr is “yeah, that was easy, I just used some OpenSource, wrote a some scripts and integr
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by looping__lui 7y ago
In Germany, being a high-performer also is rather a stigma... A top engineer from a top university will barely make more net income than an assembly line worker at the same automotive company in Germany (it’s bit of an exaggeration but not
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Yes. I was dead shocked when I took a brand new Audi rental car on the German highway. Per 150 miles driven I probably had one severe incident, including: sudden deceleration from 100mph to almost full stop with no car in front but a couple
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by looping__lui 7y ago
This does sound dysfunctional in a way that decision making is obviously happening more compartmentalized and individual ownership is severely limited. There is a reason why many super successful companies have values/culture: shift ow
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by looping__lui 7y ago
This sounds like a dysfunctional company to me. If somebody is a kick-ass programmer AND understands what value he is adding - he will be very successful at the company I am working right now. If he disagrees with his manager AND is right e
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by looping__lui 7y ago
I like your comment; I liked the Humility, Respect and Trust Framework from “Debugging Teams” a lot as well. However, what I also found is: geeks don’t care about the value they are creating/not creating all too often. If you are on th
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Well, I was ghosted plenty enough by “reputable” companies without millennials being in any position of power... Generally it’s poor HR performance or poor HR process which may (or not) tell a bit how serious the company is about HR overall
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by looping__lui 7y ago
... based on false and unrealistic promises? When did the discussion about “financing structure” become a discussion on ethics? Or are you already taking the “bullshit business hockeystick promises” as a “given in the industry”? Why are fra
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by looping__lui 7y ago
You have something called opportunity costs. Equity is the most expensive financing - especially for startups. The opportunity costs for funding a “high risk of failure startup” that even just has your money sitting on a bank account is fai
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Guys, take an Accounting 101 class before starting to downvote my questionmark. I’ll take your equity any time. Your debt not so much. Burning through other people’s cash on false promises IS NOT the same as having a more equity heavy finan
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by looping__lui 7y ago
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Yes, I stand corrected by coal. I may have been biased living somewhat close to the Hambacher Forst and just seeing these giant holes in disbelief. I did not know that electricity is state owned and subsidised. Maybe Germans should ask thei
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Thanks for the links - I appreciate you digging into things further. I may just be a bit “disillusioned” by any political decisions as they are just amended changed and reversed so in my own subjective feeling everything always kind a is po
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by looping__lui 7y ago
You are correct. I looked up the energy sources after I read the article on CO2 and added up the fossil fuel ones for the past 10 years: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/156695/umfrag... I
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by looping__lui 7y ago
And adding to that: the public DOES understand this. People in Western Germany (especially in NRW where they have to suffer from coal and are close to French and Belgium reactors) just shake heads in disbelief while having to swallow the hi
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Yes. And not to mention that the coal plants emit 2x as much radioactivity into the environment at comparable power generation [0]. [0] https://www.bund-nrw.de/fileadmin/nrw/dokumente/braunkohle/2...
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Yeah, well, the phasing out of coal has been decided long time even before that - and still nothing happened. So “was decided long time ago by the Green party” is more a “who cares - I believe it when I see it”. Merkel made it happen for re
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Yes, totally agree. Imho one of the best books out there on the topic. Also: “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” Beyond managing teams, you probably will need to cope with politics as well. “The 48 Laws of Power” are a good start... It is al
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by looping__lui 7y ago
I really wish I could think of it as a “tourist tax” benefiting the needy. But I rather have the feeling “its ending up in the pockets of the rich, powerful and corrupt”. So misses the point. Prices for museums etc. ARE in fact much higher
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by looping__lui 7y ago
Europe has among the lowest food prices in the developed world. If you spend 3-5 EUR on ingredients you get a really healthy meal... Agricultural products are usually taxed below 10% and the agricultural sector is heavily subsidized; I woul
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by looping__lui 7y ago
I live in Europe so I’m generally happy with our political system. If I ever was to argue democracy is a bad idea - I would probably start with India as an example why it doesn’t work... I understand that personal preferences may vary and p
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by looping__lui 7y ago
I studied at an IIT in India for quite some time (loved the institution and the student body). I’ve seen more than most people I guess (from Ladakh to Mumbai to Varanasi). In places without tourists people were generally honest. The street
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by looping__lui 7y ago
That is a pretty arrogant and very Indian thing to say. 1) It’s not tourists or foreigners taking advantage of other Indians - it is Indians. Indian people disrespect and mistreat each other to an extend I have never seen anywhere else in t